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STRACHEY, SIR HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 6 Dec 1772; adm. 21 Jan 1783; Writer, EICS Bengal 1790; arrived in India 25 Aug 1792; Register of Dewanny Adawlut, Jessore 1793; Translator to Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut 1798; Magistrate, Midnapur 1800; Third Judge, Court of Appeal and Circuit, Ceded Provinces 1803; retd. 31 Mar 1805; succ. father as 2nd baronet 1 Jan 1810; of Sutton Court, Somerset; High Sheriff, Somerset 1832; d. unm. 11 Apr 1858.

STRACHEY, SIR HENRY, BART., eldest surviving son of Henry Strachey, Sutton Court, Somerset, and his first wife Helen, dau. of Robert Clerk, Listonfield, Midlothian, physician; b. 23 May 1737; adm. Jun 1750; Clerk, War Office, to 1764; Private Secretary to Lord Clive in India 1764-6 and in England to 1774; MP Pontefract 5 Dec 1768-74, Bishop’s Castle 1774 – Jun 1778, Saltash 1 Oct 1778-80, Bishop’s Castle 1780-1802, East Grinstead 1802-7; Secretary to Commission for restoring peace in America 1774-8; Clerk of Deliveries of Ordnance 20 Jun 1778 – Oct 1780, Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 16 Oct 1780 – May 1782; Joint Secretary of the Treasury 29 Mar – 15 Jul 1782; Joint Under-Secretary of State, Home Department Jul 1782 - Apr 1783; Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 12 Apr 1783 – Mar 1784; assisted King’s Commissioners in negotiations for peace with the American Colonies in Paris 1783; Master of the Household from 16 Jul 1794; created baronet 15 Jun 1801; m. 23 May 1770 Jane, widow of Capt. Thomas Latham, Royal Navy, and dau. of John Kelsall, Greenwich, Kent; d. 1 Jan 1810. DNB.

STRACHEY, GEORGE, son of John Strachey (adm. 1750, qv); b. 30 Aug 1776; adm. 12 Jun 1787; was Robert Southey’s “substance” in 1788; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1792, scholar 19 Apr 1795; BA 1797; MA 1822; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1792; Writer, EICS Madras 1796; Assistant, Military Secret and Political Dept., 1798; Secretary and Accountant to Commissioners of Sinking Fund 1803; Secretary to Finance Committee 1805; Joint Assay Master 1807; Private Secretary to Governor 1808; Judge and Magistrate, Zillah of Cuddapah 1809; Secretary, Military Department 1811; Junior Secretary to Government 1812; Chief Secretary 1813-21; retd. 1824; d. 17 Jan 1849.

STRACHEY, EDWARD, second son of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 18 Dec 1774; adm. 21 Jan 1783; St. Andrews Univ.; Writer, EICS Bengal 1792; Commissioner, Court of Requests 1793; Deputy Register of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut 1800; Secretary to Resident, Patna 1801; Judge, Zillah of Agra 1806; Second Judge, Provincial Court of Appeal, Dacca; retd. 1815; Examiner at India House, London, 1820; an intimate friend of Mountstuart Elphinstone, who acknowledged his debt to Strachey’s advice and example (Colebrooke, Life of Hon. Mounstuart Elphinstone, 1884, ii, 309); author, translation of Bija Ganita, 1813; m. 13 Oct 1808 Julia, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. William Kirkpatrick, EICS Bengal; d. 3 Jan 1832. DNB.

STRACEY, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1720.

STOYTE, FRANCIS, son of John Stoyte, Dublin, Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1726; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1731, 1732; in 1741 Ensign, Major-Gen. Howard’s Regt. of Foot.

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STOURTON, JOHN MARMADUKE JOSEPH, son of Hon. John Joseph Stourton, and Caroline Emma, dau. of Patrick McNolty; b. [Paris ?] 31 May 1847; adm. 29 Jan 1862 (G); left Christmas 1863; [perhaps “author”, 1881 Census]; d. 30 Aug 1899.